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On this day in history, March 1, 1872, majestic Yellowstone becomes America's first national park

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FILE - The Yellowstone River flows through Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) Yellowstone National Park, an almost mystical 2.2-million acre wonderland of dynamic hydrothermal activity, breathtaking scenery and spectacular wildlife, was established on this day in history, March 1, 1872.

It was the first national park in the United States and, to most people around the world, the first known on the planet. It quickly inspired an international conservation movement in the wake of the Industrial Revolution."The headwaters of the Yellowstone River … is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale … and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people," states the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act, signed into law by President Ulysses S.

Grant. A bison grazes on grasses in the Hayden Valley section of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, FEB.

28, 1983, 'M*A*S*H' FINALE DRAWS RECORD TV AUDIENCE OF OVER 100 MILLIONThe park is located mostly in the northwestern corner of Wyoming, the least populated state in the Union, but also crosses into Montana and Idaho.

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